Simulation tool for equivalent circuit modeling of photovoltaic devices

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 572-579

  Eidelloth, Stefan ^a   Haase, Felix ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic cells; simulation; simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY-VOLTAGE CURVES; CURRENT SOURCES; CUSTOM MODELS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODELING; INPUT DATAS; OPEN-SOURCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER LOSS ANALYSIS; RESISTIVE ELEMENTS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION EXAMPLE; SIMULATION PROGRAM WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT EMPHASIS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; WORKING MEMORIES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TOOLS;

SPICE;

EID: 84866744007     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2187774     Document Type: Article

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